Data-Man by Hyoga-3D

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made by Hyoga-3D for LD30 (JAM)
Data-Man is a game where you need to acquire data from big companies so your startup can grow. Inspired on Pac-Man this game is our vision of it in a 3D World.

Take care of your data!
Hope you like it!

And please leave a comment, would mean a lot.

Controls:
Mouse On Menu;
WASD Move;

Ratings

Coolness 100% 1
Overall(Jam) 3.53 176
Audio(Jam) 3.48 181
Fun(Jam) 3.60 92
Graphics(Jam) 3.69 254
Humor(Jam) 2.37 407
Innovation(Jam) 3.09 359
Mood(Jam) 3.22 309
Theme(Jam) 2.36 645

Feedback

jsspiegel
25. Aug 2014 路 03:51 UTC
Really neat update on Pac-Man! Feels tense (which is a good thing!), and I really like the art style!
dadman
25. Aug 2014 路 13:06 UTC
Fun little game. I really enjoyed the feeling of acceleration as you fly through the worlds, though I don't know if that was actually there or if it just felt like it. However the enemies being the same colour as the collectables was a problem.
Split82
25. Aug 2014 路 13:08 UTC
This was super funny :) Thanks!
Riocide
25. Aug 2014 路 13:10 UTC
So your instructions say use arrow keys, but the game seems to be WASD? Also, while i was trying to figure out the controls, pressing space did some really weird stuff. Teleported me into columns.

Once I got going tho, the game was fun, I especially enjoyed your slowdown effect.
馃帳 Hyoga-3D
25. Aug 2014 路 13:15 UTC
Sorry for the controls error, I changed on the description already, thanks Riocide!
adrenalinehigh
25. Aug 2014 路 13:17 UTC
Very cool, it feels like a mix of Packman and Sonic. Unfortunately I couldn't beat even one of the maps, because my guy kept getting stuck in intersections or randomly turning. It happened more at the high speeds. Not sure it you could even reliably win at those speeds, with human reflexes (although the little 'I'm about to die' slow mo helps a lot).

Very cool reimagining of an old game.
Nanocentury
25. Aug 2014 路 13:27 UTC
Very impressive entry
elkiwydev
25. Aug 2014 路 13:37 UTC
I enjoy it even if it's a bit too hard to see where the enemies are and you always die because you didn't saw it..
Also the "connection" between worlds is only because the levels are like worlds.. Not really a connection..
Except that is still very fun game to play and I like the style.
LaFleur
25. Aug 2014 路 13:48 UTC
Very pretty game! Fresh take on a classic genre. Great job!
Scott Baker
25. Aug 2014 路 13:53 UTC
Nice pac-man update. I really like the speed forgiving slowdown when going too fast and running into a ghost. That was a great design touch.
mrbungle
25. Aug 2014 路 14:01 UTC
Awesome riff on pacman - really great graphics and cool sound.
alycarter
25. Aug 2014 路 14:03 UTC
really like the speed you move around the worlds. music fits well too.
Makio
25. Aug 2014 路 14:07 UTC
Great art style as many peoples already say and very fun game ;)
To resume great entry :)
Naytron
25. Aug 2014 路 14:11 UTC
Good audio and clean art, as others have said the difficulty comes not from being hunted by the AI but from stumbling into them because they don't stand out enough, but the slowdown from Pacman Championship Edition helps and the sensation of flying around a sphere is fun.
hoyt hoy
25. Aug 2014 路 14:18 UTC
Very different game! Really nice use of PAC-MAN style!
Great game!
Druid
25. Aug 2014 路 14:48 UTC
Most epic pacman under the sun!
Lars Faust
25. Aug 2014 路 15:13 UTC
That music is catchy as hell.

Cool adaption of Pacman, with a few minor issues, like hard to make out enemies and some getting stuck in the wall here and there.
nonetheless
25. Aug 2014 路 15:19 UTC
Some blocking on intersections occured but generally neat mechanics. Great job :)
chriskdev
25. Aug 2014 路 17:20 UTC
Nice, Sphere Pacman!
Pinqu
25. Aug 2014 路 18:18 UTC
Very nice game. Classic arcade in full 3D. A+++
43iscoding
25. Aug 2014 路 18:27 UTC
Never seen anyone trying bring Pacman to 3D! Good job on this one - it looks really great!
AdventureIslands
25. Aug 2014 路 19:12 UTC
Really cool version of pacman, great graphics and music. My only issues are that it's difficult to see enemies and it's easy to get yourself accidentally killed.
Colapsydo
25. Aug 2014 路 19:12 UTC
I like the graphic style, simple and complex at the same time, it works well.
Regarding the gameplay, the transition to the 3D view brings some more orientation to remember where are the pills, it makes it more nervous maybe.
Tomker
25. Aug 2014 路 19:33 UTC
Nice work, really fun to play. Also the graphic is pretty good.
Xgor
25. Aug 2014 路 20:59 UTC
It's an intresting concept with pac-man in a sphere but aside from looking cool it's pretty frustrating to not see that much of the map and plan around it. Also got stuck on terrain a lot...
JetL33t
25. Aug 2014 路 21:16 UTC
I love the pace of this. Audio is neat as well.
Doubstract
25. Aug 2014 路 21:45 UTC
Next-gen pacman! Never actually played pacman, so it was very exciting for me!
alpha_rat
25. Aug 2014 路 21:45 UTC
Nice game ! The music is great, I like the slow-down effect to avoid collisions
Lokiman
25. Aug 2014 路 21:50 UTC
This was really funny and fast game for me! Some glitches with getting stuck but it can be played swiftly anyway. And the best part - the music :D
yodamaster
25. Aug 2014 路 22:13 UTC
Very funny!
PixelMind
25. Aug 2014 路 22:36 UTC
Lovely little game.
Some of the enemies are a bit difficult to see
mr.possoms
25. Aug 2014 路 22:49 UTC
Very nice audio, and visuals!
Dasginger
25. Aug 2014 路 22:52 UTC
The music and sound effects make this game so fun, particularly when you're travelling really fast and you can eat the enemies. The graphics are great too, nice work!
BradSmallPlanet
25. Aug 2014 路 23:32 UTC
This game was fun, but it's a little hard to see the enemies because they're the same color as the little collectible bits.
Miziziziz
25. Aug 2014 路 23:59 UTC
Really nice!
Gameplay worked well and it's a cool take on pacman style gameplay.
The sphere shape makes it annoying to see where enemies are, but this is kinda fixed by how the game plays slower in the beginning.
bookmarked ;)
Andrew Adams
26. Aug 2014 路 00:17 UTC
Cool game.
mlabarca
26. Aug 2014 路 01:31 UTC
This was awesome! I really love the music!
TomTheG
26. Aug 2014 路 01:54 UTC
I like it as a game a lot, though it might be disconnected from the theme for me. I especially like how time slows when near enemies.
harko12
26. Aug 2014 路 02:58 UTC
Great twist on pac man. I had some pathing issues, like not able to go where I thought I should be able to, but maybe there is a rule in place I didn't know about. Great job.
hamster_mk_4
26. Aug 2014 路 04:44 UTC
I am not a big fan of pac man but this was pretty enjoyable.
Piat
26. Aug 2014 路 04:52 UTC
cool little version of pacman, it shows how much effort you put into it.
Joe Williamson
26. Aug 2014 路 04:59 UTC
Love the music, and it looks great!
taocayo
26. Aug 2014 路 04:59 UTC
Nice spin on the pac man formula! Loved the slo-mo cam before losing, and the speed changes mid-level. Great job!
zdonkeyx
26. Aug 2014 路 05:59 UTC
What a cool take on the pacman style. I like how it slowed down right as you hit an enemy. Nice mechanics, nice style.
J-d-H
26. Aug 2014 路 06:37 UTC
Haven't played pacman for a long time. Was fun.
MoArtis
26. Aug 2014 路 07:19 UTC
Nice entry! But this is super hard! :D
kirbytails7
26. Aug 2014 路 07:29 UTC
It has enough going for it to make it more than just a 3D Pac-Man. The slowdown right before hitting an enemy is cool, as is the gradual speed-up. It feels a bit flashy, though, and the main menu is confusing.
spotco
26. Aug 2014 路 07:54 UTC
I got stuck in some areas, but overall I had fun, especially when things started speeding up as you eat more dots.

The graphics were very nice and it just felt good flying around each sphere world.
saswat
26. Aug 2014 路 08:20 UTC
One Word - Awesome
Lianne Booton
26. Aug 2014 路 08:48 UTC
This is pretty awesome work! I can totally imagine it as a fully fledged game.
pansapiens
26. Aug 2014 路 09:22 UTC
Great take on a dot muncher - great idea and generally well executed ! Wrapping everything round a sphere with variable height walls really changes the dynamics, since planning is harder due to the limited visibility, but not impossible. Sort of puts it somewhere between Pac-man and 3-demon, I guess. Other have mentioned the slowdown feature also - great design. Loved the music - but I don't think it quite fits the visual theme. Glitch-wise, I did find the occasional corner where I got stuck and could turn but not move. Might have been the result of some key mashing (PS, I'd love to play this on my OUYA :) )
Crocanti de Pollo
26. Aug 2014 路 09:40 UTC
I really like this but I'm totally rubbish at it! I especially like that you gain speed even though because of that I'm incapable of finishing any level :'D Gotta work on the collisions a bit as sometimes I got stuck into corners
DustyStylus
26. Aug 2014 路 09:42 UTC
Cool adaption of an old classic. Great graphics and sound. Bit hard to see the ghosts sometimes when they are the same colour as the pellets. Well done though, really nice game!
Larzan
26. Aug 2014 路 11:20 UTC
Awesome, fun to play, great mod of the pacman type of game, good gfx, great fitting energetic music + sound, loved it.
The movement is a bit buggy though as i got stuck several times, but thumbs up, good job!
Resonious
26. Aug 2014 路 12:37 UTC
That was really neat actually. I oddly enjoyed the music.
FeYbraNt
26. Aug 2014 路 14:34 UTC
Nice idea realized on an old game !!!
Mach60KAS
26. Aug 2014 路 14:41 UTC
Hi Hyoga, could you tell me what browser you're running on? I'll have a look into the loading bug then.
Mach60KAS
26. Aug 2014 路 15:11 UTC
Okay, it looks like IE doesn't support ogg audio. I'd recommend you use Chrome or Firefox to run any other HTML5 projects here, since IE is not exactly the best at implementing web standards. If I get a workaround set up I'll post again.
Mach60KAS
26. Aug 2014 路 15:20 UTC
I've hacked in support for mp3 audio fallback, have fun! :)
Altourus
26. Aug 2014 路 19:47 UTC
This is very impressive. I have no idea who you completed something this complex in such a short time
Shmarah
26. Aug 2014 路 20:48 UTC
5 stars in Audio- this music is awesome!
Jishenaz
26. Aug 2014 路 21:53 UTC
Having Pacman-like gameplay on a sphere is brilliant! Love the abstract art style as well. My only issues were that it was a little hard (I've tried many times), and the game seems to slow down a lot when the player is close to an enemy.
ponk
26. Aug 2014 路 22:15 UTC
NiiiiiiiiiIIiiicce..!
I like the slow-motion when you are close to enemies
馃帳 Hyoga-3D
26. Aug 2014 路 22:28 UTC
@Jishenaz The slow when you are close to enemies is na effect so you get the chance to run.

To all of you, thanks for your feedback, we are really happy that you enjoyed our game, thanks a lot!
cacciatc
27. Aug 2014 路 00:46 UTC
This is a great entry! I do miss the ability to quickly eyeball the screen and figure out where enemies are like in Pacman cause then I can plan my route. Maybe a mini-map or radar feature would work well here.
tigerbyte
27. Aug 2014 路 01:28 UTC
Very cool take on Pacman. I like it!
Rage Paint
27. Aug 2014 路 02:01 UTC
I love this 3D pac man game. Extremely fun. Seemed to lag a bit when I got close to the "ghosts" - not sure if that was intentional or not, but saved my life a few times! Slow-mo time.
ATesh
27. Aug 2014 路 02:08 UTC
Navigating that initial menu didn't make sense, but once I got in game it was fun. I really liked the slow down effect when the enemies got near.
TeamQuadratic
27. Aug 2014 路 03:02 UTC
I definitely felt the pacman vibe and playing when you can't see the whole board is definitely an interesting twist.
Demorro
27. Aug 2014 路 04:14 UTC
Gotta mimic the other commenters. Great riff on Pacman, really fun take on it. Love the glow on the character too, looks real nice in general actually.
~SquigglySoup~
27. Aug 2014 路 05:01 UTC
Great game. Fun but kind of hard to tell where I'm supposed to go when you can't see the entire board. Also not sure what the main outer board is. Great game all around tho.
Teejay5
27. Aug 2014 路 07:35 UTC
nice clean and neat style!
capsizedmoose
27. Aug 2014 路 12:06 UTC
like other's have said it's like a mix between pacman and sonic haha.
it was a little hard noticing the enemies sometimes tho, and there was some unobtainable dots(for me atleast. i think it was a bug tho)
Manou
27. Aug 2014 路 14:02 UTC
Nice reuse of pacman gameplay, good gfx and sounds.
spitfire87
27. Aug 2014 路 14:54 UTC
Nice 3D twist on pacman. Good game, original and fun.
Halfbus
27. Aug 2014 路 15:41 UTC
I really enjoy the game. Nice music, but very intrusive sounds.
Jishenaz
27. Aug 2014 路 16:57 UTC
@Hyoga-3D Thanks for telling me. I didn't realize that was an important feature. I can see how that's useful when the player goes really fast.
pLaw
27. Aug 2014 路 18:49 UTC
It's like pac-man, but faster and spherical :D
Nice work!
dunin
27. Aug 2014 路 19:20 UTC
Pacman is hard. Your game is hard. It's a good version of Pacman.
Tommislav
27. Aug 2014 路 21:41 UTC
The controls were really good. Fun game, but a bit hard as you don't really have time to react to the enemies. Good thing with the slowdown, but I think it should have slowed down even more.
Great work!
ChristianEugenio
28. Aug 2014 路 00:05 UTC
very nice, the only problem is that the slowdown looks like a bug at first, but then is cool if you realize what it is.
r0x0r
28. Aug 2014 路 00:06 UTC
would you mind, making a linux build?
馃帳 Hyoga-3D
28. Aug 2014 路 00:28 UTC
@r0x0r can you answer one question of mine, can't you play the game in a web browser on Linux ? If no I will try to export for Linux.
Reverend Speed
28. Aug 2014 路 01:05 UTC
REALLY lovely - visually interesting, solid gameplay. I could definitely being developed into something bigger! Great work!
馃帳 Hyoga-3D
28. Aug 2014 路 01:27 UTC
@r0x0r Now you can try it, we made a version for Linux now, but I can't test it since I don't have linux, but I think it should work.
donaldducky
28. Aug 2014 路 01:33 UTC
wasn't sure what was happening at the beginning with the splash screen but fun game.
GeorgeBroussard
28. Aug 2014 路 05:14 UTC
Nice entry. Very nice take on updating PacMan. Nice visual style and movement. Not sure I like the slowing down when you get near an enemy. I'm sure it was done for fairness and due to speed. I may prefer slower/smaller levels, vs that effect? Great job on this.
mechabit
28. Aug 2014 路 10:19 UTC
Love the spherical worlds, nice riff on sci-fi pacman. The slow motion effect when near an enemy is a nice idea but I don't think it's smooth enough or long enough to react and dodge.
lasagnegames
28. Aug 2014 路 14:09 UTC
Dammit, such a good entry! Good work, really addictive.
akymos
28. Aug 2014 路 16:39 UTC
Lol... Pac-man on a sphere.
TowelKing
28. Aug 2014 路 16:58 UTC
fantastic art style, I really like the level select screen
MechanicMoon
28. Aug 2014 路 17:49 UTC
Frenetic. Good rhythm game, good music! Good job!
andrewkennedy
29. Aug 2014 路 01:16 UTC
The perspective kind of made me dizzy a little, but it was fun overall. I liked that it slowed down time when the enemies got too close so that you could make last-minute saves!
mysterycjgamer
29. Aug 2014 路 05:22 UTC
Really fun, maybe a life system would be nice, kinda sucks to have to start over after a death...
Lokarunith
29. Aug 2014 路 12:50 UTC
a fun challenge really polished and wel executed, my only pet peeve is that the wolrd being round, the enemies are really hard to spot in time, I think the game should have more visibility to give more time to evade enemies.
01F0
29. Aug 2014 路 17:08 UTC
I like the dark, retro feel the levels have. The music is upbeat and matches the gameplay in a great way. It sure is a complete game! Good work! :)
jukimv1986
29. Aug 2014 路 17:57 UTC
A refreshing revisit of pac-man. The controls felt nice and the graphics were quite good considering the time constraints. Great work!
dickpoelen
29. Aug 2014 路 19:47 UTC
That was intense!
SaintHeiser
30. Aug 2014 路 03:08 UTC
Wow! Planetaary packman looking very and very intersting! Buggy movement, but this one pretty cool!
varun
30. Aug 2014 路 05:23 UTC
Interesting take on Pac-man! Loved the aesthetic!
Oddly Shaped Pixels
30. Aug 2014 路 05:58 UTC
Impressive aesthetic and super fun to play!
Dissiden7
31. Aug 2014 路 20:54 UTC
Pretty nice update on pac-man. The bullet time when you're about to hit a ghost was a very neat detail. It gave you time to escape and looked cool.

I just had a minor grip with the controls. They didn't seem very responsive and I seem to have got stuck a couple of times.

Great job overall.
doomista
31. Aug 2014 路 21:59 UTC
Great update of classic game. Controls are not responding properly, sometimes it is impossible to turn on some junctions or just cannot commence movement in some direction when stopped
arzi
31. Aug 2014 路 22:02 UTC
Spherical variation of Pac-Man is quite a neat idea. Like the art style too.
bytegrove
31. Aug 2014 路 22:09 UTC
I love how fast paced it is! This is simply a very fun game with cool music! As it is such an uptempo and happy game, I'd love to see it with some more colours. The slow-motion effect was a nice touch for making it possible to avoid enemies, but as it only increased the delay between frames it could be mistaken for an fps drop. Consider making it smoother by actually slowing everything down, not just increasing frametime.
Nice work, this game put me in a good mood! :D
CatOnMars
01. Sep 2014 路 02:19 UTC
HaHaHa~ Nice use of the theme,there are too many "big-data" startup these days. The gameplay is fun, innovate upon pac-man in a spherical environment. Well done!
Managore
01. Sep 2014 路 03:42 UTC
Wonderful style! I found it pretty hard to see enemies coming, especially at high speed, so the gameplay became fairly reaction-based.
Will Edwards
01. Sep 2014 路 05:49 UTC
Really weird, I've been imagining a 3D pacman but I haven't imagined it like this :) Super super fun, nicely executed.

The connected worlds thing feels a bit bolted-on, but I'll forgive that; I love it!
Birke
01. Sep 2014 路 09:58 UTC
I quite enjoyed it but it lacked some challenge. Interesting look though. Could be cool to play on touch devices with swipe controls.
S0rax
02. Sep 2014 路 12:31 UTC
It's a very good pacman-like in 3d. It's really funny
mcapraro
02. Sep 2014 路 15:55 UTC
wow, great take on pacman, very smootha nd fast paced, great entry!
ninjascript
02. Sep 2014 路 23:23 UTC
I like the creativity of the concept, though it's much harder than the original due to the difficulty of seeing the "ghosts" in time to react.
banana4life
03. Sep 2014 路 14:23 UTC
3D pacman <3 like the graphics...
EMAK
04. Sep 2014 路 12:12 UTC
nice undate of pacworld! cool entry!
The Lag Pack
08. Sep 2014 路 15:43 UTC
Great game, reminded me of the hours I used to spend playing Pac-Man.
Snicklodocus
08. Sep 2014 路 22:08 UTC
Cool game! I loved the graphics. Definitely a nice update to Pac-Man. The ghosts rarely seemed to chase me but maybe I just didn't notice. I also loved the music! Good job!
Moosefly
10. Sep 2014 路 17:07 UTC
Nice take on a classic. My only complaints are the difficulty, the characters getting stuck in the corners and the near-death-slowdown feeling laggy.

Anssi@MooseflyGames
sephyka
11. Sep 2014 路 11:14 UTC
Very good entry. Very dynamic.
It might be better also with arrows keyboard control because I have a French keyboard... impossible to play correctly.
ehtd
12. Sep 2014 路 02:43 UTC
Very cool game, great looking and quite enjoyable. The only thing I noticed that can be improved is that is hard to see the enemies, and they may be already on you with no escape options, because of the spherical world
Traumendes_Madchen
12. Sep 2014 路 12:12 UTC
I get some Pac-man vibes from this. Not bad ^^.
apiotrw
13. Sep 2014 路 15:27 UTC
Nice to play
Dietrich Epp
14. Sep 2014 路 02:37 UTC
I love the concept, but the close camera angle make it hard to react, and some parts of the spheres are all in shadow / gray so you can't tell where the walls are. The slow motion is cool.
01010111
14. Sep 2014 路 22:31 UTC
Awesome take on pacman, love the slowdown when you're near an enemy, makes it way easier to evade. Nice work!
Jupiter_Hadley
14. Sep 2014 路 23:14 UTC
Super cool take! I included it in part 26 of my Ludum Dare 30 compilation video series, if you鈥檇 like to take a look :) http://youtu.be/hvOt_bkuFkM
mactinite
15. Sep 2014 路 22:54 UTC
Cool take on the Pac-man formula. Was a little confused first time through on what would kill me or not. Nice entry!